Well.. I had the meeting this morning...
Ds5 has been switched to afternoon kinder so that he can go to first grade for math. He will be given the end of year 1st grade math test to see if this is the proper placement or if he needs to go to second for math! We did discuss his reading level and he is eager to see where ds falls on the ISEL testing he took this morning. We do have his spring MAP scores to compare to and his rate of growth will be measured in 2 weeks when he takes the fall MAP. I am crossing fingers that maybe we get a full bump to 1st grade.
For dd7, there are six 1/2 classrooms. Four of those classrooms will be second grade math and 2 for first grade math. The second graders are going to be tracked and clustered. Her math class will have about 10 students in it. They will complete second grade math by January and third grade math by the end of the year. We will revisit this in October to ensure the pace is fast enough. The gifted teacher will meet with this group just for math at least every other week.
Math is not a block this year. I was given wrong information regarding that. I am thinking he will block next year as I gave him ideas and the name of the teacher who was part of the block test at another school in our district.
